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Last night I met up with some friends at Stony Creek to ride the mountain bike trails there. Since I’m having problems with the rear wheel of one bike I brought my single speed with its new 2:1 gearing. This was a really nice, casual ride around all the single track once, then another run through The Pines for, as Kristi put it, “dessert”.
Surprisingly, I found this to be a really nice gearing for riding there. Because I’m familiar with the trail, hill climbs were difficult but not terrible. Nor did I spin out (get to a point where I can no longer pedal fast enough to keep the freewheel engaged) on flatter parts where I need to build up speed for upcoming hills.
All in all, I think this is a nice gearing for trails that I’m more familiar with. I think that after I finish eating some breakfast I’ll head over to River Bends and ride around a bit there before the forecasted thunderstorms roll in.